Re: TLOU is the best looking console game to date

I thought it looked good. REALLY good, one of the best 360 games out there, especially in looks. But it pushes the 360 past its limits. Jittery frameretes sometimes and it requires a mandatory install which I don't think ever happens on 360

Re: TLOU is the best looking console game to date

The sections where you are in the city look amazing for the most part. The buildings and sun light shining over the city is beautiful. The parts though with grass and weeds growing everywhere don't look as good. They still look great, but not as good as the city parts.

Obviously just pre-rendered, not in-engine at all. Like a lot of other games.

Regardless, Final Fantasy has ALWAYS stepped up in terms of graphics. VIII had STUNNING cutscenes at the time, it look better than a lot of games a generation later on PS2 and Xbox. And then X stepped it up as well. Final Fantasy's main series has always looked extremely beautiful, always looking almost next gen-like on current consoles.

As for World of warcraft, thats just Blizzard in general. Their animators are among as good as Pixar. Naughtydog has solid animations, but Blizzard, their collectors editions are always worth it for the DVD of all the cutscenes. Diablo III had amazing animations as well. Keep in mind though, Blizzard develops for PC, and though Diablo III is coming to PS3, Diablo III requires few rescources so it's probably their only game possible to port to consoles.

In terms of design, Final Fantasy has always struck me as beutiful. But The Last of Us...it's special. Something about it just captures the essence of "Happy". I can't help but smile at how good it looks. Since Final Fantasy was mentioned in this thread, you've got me questioning and debating with myself. >.< Thanks.

Re: TLOU is the best looking console game to date

sinlessorrow wrote:Next gen can easily have tesselation given what the PS4 is sporting. 6x the power of the PS3 is a huge jump.

As much as we need tesselation, let's just get some good hair and cloth physics. It's 2013 and there's been exactly one game with great looking hair (Tomb Raider) and even then in motion it went crazy. Still though, every game should employ tressFX. Just like Havok physics engine it will soon get refined to the point that it looks completely natural.